We work with a cadre of seasoned teaching artists who are committed to both youth and their own artistic career. We are unique amongst New York City’s many excellent arts education programs in that we specialize in placing traditional and folk artists in schools to share their expertise with students and teachers. We also collaborate with contemporary artists and a host of guest artists whose own artwork explores the themes of community, identity, and history.

We offer artist residencies in these disciplines: dance, music, poetry, theater, visual arts including folk and traditional arts.

Dance and Movement

Arianna Ballabio

Bharatanatyam Dancer

Carlos Mateu

Cuban social dances, visual art

Modern & Chinese Folk Dance

Dionne Kamara

DANCE (modern & West African, Jamaican)

Fofoo Attiso

African Dance, Drumming, Storytelling

Goussy Cèlestin

Haitian Folk Dance & Jazz

Ken Fury

Hip Hop, jewelry making, painting

LeAna Lopez

Puerto Rican Bomba y Plena

Malini Srinivasan

Indian Bharatanatyam Dance​

Afro-Cuban Music & Dance

Tatyana Popova

Flamenco, bharatanatyam

Yahaya Kamate

West African traditional dance, song, drumming

Music and Sound

Atiba Kwabena Wilson

Music, Poetry, Storytelling

Baba Israel

Spoken Word (Hip Hop, Poetry & Beat Box)

Bashar Farran

Arabic and Jazz Music

Duv

Singing, Songwriting, Beatboxing

Hector Morales

Latin & Jazz percussion

Jeff Lederer

Saxophonist, clarinetist, composer

Juan Gutiérrez

Puerto Rican Bomba y Plena

Afro-Cuban Music & Dance

Rafael Monteagudo

Drummer, percussionist, composer

Sofia Tosello

Latin American Vocal Music

Trina Basu

Indian classical, Western classical, Jazz

Yahaya Kamate

West African traditional dance, song, drumming

Poetry

Atiba Kwabena Wilson

Music, Poetry, Storytelling

Baba Israel

Spoken Word (Hip Hop, Poetry & Beat Box)

Theater

Raquel Almazan

Interdisciplinary artist, facilitator, and activist​

Rawya El Chab

Theater and Storytelling

Visual Art

Carlos Mateu

Cuban social dances, visual art

Haifa Bint Kadi

Mosaic, 3D, artist maps, musical instruments, prints, bookmaking

Howard Better

Murals, collage, stop motion animation

Ken Fury

Hip Hop, jewelry making, painting